Government Report Finds Care Deficits for Pregnant People in Federal Custody
Pregnant and postpartum people in federal custody receive care directed by policies that fail to meet national standards, a new report finds,
Immigration
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Read more: COVID-19 is a Perfect Storm of Hardship for US Immigrant Communities COVID-19 is a Perfect Storm of Hardship for US Immigrant Communities
Immigrant communities, along with communities of color and people experiencing existing health inequities, are expected to face disproportionate effects.
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Read more: Lost in the Shuffle: The Impact of COVID-19 on Immigrants in Need Lost in the Shuffle: The Impact of COVID-19 on Immigrants in Need
By Stephen Wood The recommendations for healthy people who have symptoms consistent with COVID-19, the illness caused by the corona virus called SARS-Co-V2, is to stay at home, get plenty of rest, drink fluids and control fever and body-aches with a non-steroidal medication. For people with pre-existing medical conditions, the elderly or those with more…
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Read more: Targeting Health: How Anti-Immigrant Policies Threaten Our Health & Our Humanity Targeting Health: How Anti-Immigrant Policies Threaten Our Health & Our Humanity
By Patricia Illingworth and Wendy E. Parmet On May 19th of last year, Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez died of the flu while being held in a cell by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in south Texas. He was just 16, a migrant from Guatemala. Hours before his death, when his fever spiked to 103, a nurse suggested that…
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Read more: Memory, Trauma, and Asylum Law: A Role for Neuroscience? Memory, Trauma, and Asylum Law: A Role for Neuroscience?
This post is part of our Eighth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review symposium. You can read all of the posts in the series here. Learn more about the event and stay tuned for video of each session on the Petrie-Flom Center’s website. By Francis X. Shen and Aldis H. Petriceks Today hundreds of thousands of asylum…
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Read more: Eighth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review: Looking Back & Reaching Ahead Eighth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review: Looking Back & Reaching Ahead
This post is part of our Eighth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review symposium. You can read all of the posts in the series here. Review the conference’s full agenda and register for the event on the Petrie-Flom Center’s website. By Prof. I. Glenn Cohen and Kaitlyn Dowling The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy,…
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Read more: New TWIHL with Melissa Keyes, Heather Walter-McCabe, Stacey Tovino, & Ruqaiijah Yearby New TWIHL with Melissa Keyes, Heather Walter-McCabe, Stacey Tovino, & Ruqaiijah Yearby
By Nicolas Terry This episode was recorded at our recent conference entitled Getting Real About Health Care for All. An outstanding panel at the conference was asked the question, “Can We Make Health Care Inclusive?” To answer that question we welcomed Melissa Keyes, Heather Walter-McCabe, Stacey Tovino, and Ruqaiijah Yearby. They approached the question from…
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Read more: The Big Winner in Trump’s Newest Immigration Policies: The Flu The Big Winner in Trump’s Newest Immigration Policies: The Flu
By Robert Field The influenza virus gained an important ally during the past few weeks: the Trump Administration. If you have been rooting for a widespread and virulent flu epidemic this winter, several of its new immigration policies should give you reason to cheer. The first bit of good news for flu fans is a…
